German National Farmers Union demand vaccination instead of culling

Dr. Helmut Born, secretary of the German National Farmers Union (DBV) is quoted in an article in the German paper "Die Welt" :

In the light of the recent outbreak of FMD in the UK the German Farmers Union demands vaccination of susceptible animals. In the long term the culling of healthy animals is not justifiable.

Dr. Born demands the implementation of ring vaccination around outbreaks to prevent spread of the virus. As this would result in trade restrictions for the whole of the European Union Born calls on Brussels to pave the way at WTO negotiations for a regionalized approach.

It must be established under which conditions vaccinated animals can be traded.

"The consumer in Germany and Europe will no longer tolerate the mass slaughter of healthy animals."